The Nearly Limitless Forgiveness of Nature

[Naga_Fireball]

There are probably quite a few variations on the concept of "Eye for an eye" scattered throughout the history books of humans. But how quaint, how typically limiting, is this very human notion of fairness and retribution.

Nature exists as such because its constituents care more about survival than justice, "red in tooth and claw" *only* when it needs to be or is bored and wanting entertainment, and *not* because the natural world somehow reflects back this human notion of fairness.

Nature is about thriving in the face of tyrants or becoming one of them yourself. The math as interpreted by other humans might judge you in the end, but nature won't.

Likewise, when tyrants find themselves being questioned and point the blaming finger at nature's exemplars, they are borrowing trouble and stretching fancy to the limits of its pain. Because nature doesn't promise to back us up, or any of our frail, limited, transient notions.

Yet nature can be merciful when we show her respect. She provides for us. Without question? No, of course not, we must all bravely ride the wheel of fortune to whatever end, but in general, mother nature is kind.

Certainly humans who are mindful of this, of the importance of a general respect for nature and her provenance, are among the most truly happy people; until of course they are confronted by people with Zero respect for life in general, Zero respect for nature, Zero wisdom and insight outside of the human jungle.

We can't waste our whole lives on human notions of what's right and fair, particularly political and religious disputes that have nothing to do with survival or experiencing the true world.

Blessings to those lucky and accursed pilgrims who hope that in spite of our race, this planet endures.

[Anders]

I have come to believe that the struggles and conflicts in the world serve a larger cosmic purpose which is to make nature here on earth including ourselves to evolve into a higher level of being. Previously I believed the below quotes from the Bible were fairy tales, but now I think these quotes actually tell the truth about this higher state (aka new earth without suffering and death in Revelation 21):

"The wolf will live with the lamb,
the leopard will lie down with the goat,
the calf and the lion and the yearling together;
and a little child will lead them.
The cow will feed with the bear,
their young will lie down together,
and the lion will eat straw like the ox.
The infant will play near the cobra’s den,
and the young child will put its hand into the viper’s nest.
They will neither harm nor destroy
on all my holy mountain,
for the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the Lord
as the waters cover the sea." -- Isaiah 11:6-9

"The wolf and the lamb will feed together,
and the lion will eat straw like the ox,
and dust will be the serpent’s food.
They will neither harm nor destroy
on all my holy mountain,”
says the Lord." -- Isaiah 65:25

Interestingly, Eckhart Tolle wrote about this in his book The Power of Now (page 200):

"Since all worlds are interconnected, when collective human consciousness becomes transformed, nature and the animal kingdom will reflect that transformation. Hence the statement in the Bible that in the coming age “The lion shall lie down with the lamb.” This points to the possibility of a completely different order of reality. ... We are not separate from our world, so when the majority of humans become free of egoic delusion, this inner change will affect all of creation. You will literally inhabit a new world. It is a shift in planetary consciousness. The strange Buddhist saying that every tree and every blade of grass will eventually become enlightened points to the same truth.”

[Christine]

Not sure where to place this ... this thread seems a suitable place. Watched this movie last night. When one moves in the world of Spirit so much takes on the grander scope of the world we move in. Unbinding ourselves from fear and indoctrination we once again walk in the Beauty of all her Magic.

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